A/N: Wow…I got so many good reviews! I love you all. Here is chapter 3! Just a little more interaction between Ginny and Draco before anything good happens!
Disclaimer: I disclaim all the characters and anything else you would recognize as the wonderful and talented J.K. Rowling.
Rated: PG-13 – there's a lot of cursing…I have a potty mouth!
Summery: Ginny gets a job at Draco's magazine. What happens when two rivals start having feeling for one another and one makes a mistake that could tear everything they have apart.
Fluff-o-meter: There is some fluff at the end.
Meetings Over Lunch
That night Ginny went home and destroyed everything that reminded her of Harry. There were 3 bouquets of flowers that she smashed, some pictures she cut him out of and a shirt he gave her from his Quidditch team. It wasn't a lot, but it was enough to make her feel better. After she was done breaking, cutting, and burning everything she cleaned it up with a swish and flick of her wand.
When everything was back to order she sat down on her loveseat and looked down at the park. Some kids were playing on the small swing set in the middle, while their parents watched from the bench set up near it. She also saw a couple walking through the park hand in hand, talking. There was also another couple sitting on the edge of the marble fountain in the center of the park.
That's when it hit her. Couples! The July issue should be the couple's issue. A lot of witches had boyfriends so every article could be focused on couples.
Plus Ginny always saw really cute guys clothing and always had to fight the urge to buy them. If they did a couples issue she would have so much fun shopping for clothes. She had to let Malfoy know about this!
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The next day everyone was running around the office with work. Ginny was in and out buying clothes for the model to wear and she was trying to find different ways to originalize shirts, bags, and cloaks.
Draco was also in and out of the office. Other the being owner and editor of the entire magazine he also met with different people for interviews. He had a lot of meetings today. Not only with people he was interviewing, but also with the man who did all the finances for the magazine.
Everything slowed down by lunchtime, but Ginny and Draco were still back and forth in the office for Ginny to actually tell Draco about her idea for the couple's issue in July.
Draco was showing his the last person he was meeting with, Timothy (the finance man), out when a tiny girl with brown hair, and piercing blue eyes ran out of the elevator.
"Aunt Gin, Aunt Gin!" the little girl yelled as she ran up to Ginny, who just stepped out of her office. Ginny stopped reading her paper and looked down at the little girl a big smile coming across her face as she knelt down and picked her up.
Next off the elevator was Hermione Granger pushing a stroller. In the stroller was a little boy that looked like the baby version of Ron Weasley.
"Malfoy" Hermione said with a polite nod towards him.
"Granger" Draco said acknowledging her. "Well, then I'll see you tomorrow to sign the papers Tim, bye" he said to the man.
"Bye Mr. Malfoy" Tim said as he stepped on the elevator and it closed.
Draco walked slowly back to his office watching Ginny interact with her niece.
"…And then this clown came over and he blew up this big red balloon!" Rosie said opening her arms wide to emphasize how big the balloon got.
"A big one?" Ginny asked rolling her head instead of using her hands, which were occupied with little Rosie.
"Gigantric!" Rosie said incorrectly.
"Gigantric huh?" Ginny asked now ticking her stomach sending little Rosie into a fit of giggles. She looked up at Hermione who had just stopped in front of her. "So she had fun at the fair last night?" she asked Hermione bending down and giving baby John a kiss on his forehead.
"Loved it…Ron literally had to run to keep up with her!" Hermione said smiling at Rosie who giggled again. "Listen, we were in the neighborhood and I wanted to see if you wanted to grab some lunch." She offered, starting to move the stroller back and forth as John started to become restless.
Ginny looked at the time. Sure enough it was lunchtime and her break was in a few minutes. Plus she really needed to take a break from work. "Sure" she said shifting Rosie to her other hip. "I need a break…where to?" she asked.
"There's Dragons down the street." Hermione said as they made their way to the elevator.
"Sounds good" Ginny said. She pushed the button down and the doors closed. The rode down silently, Rosie's soft humming of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star being the only thing breaking the silence. They walked a few buildings down to Dragons in silence as well, Rosie now singing the song.
Dragons wasn't a fancy restaurant, nor was it a fast food place. It was a pizza parlor that served everything from pizza to macaroni to sandwiches to salads. A perfect place to take kids and they wouldn't destroy anything.
Ginny and Hermione found a table in the middle of the restaurant and sat the kids down next to them. They ordered their food and began talking.
"We talked to Harry last night" Hermione said looking at her friend sympathetically.
"Yeah…what'd he say?" Ginny asked getting annoyed with the touchy subject.
"Just that you broke up with him, after you yelled at him for never spending any time with you" Hermione said. She reached next to her and took the fork and knife away from John who was banging them on the table.
"Yeah…and did you and Ron take his side on the whole matter? And that's why you wanted to go out to lunch with me?" Ginny asked looking over at Hermione. Ginny moved the glass of water out of Rosie's reach since it looked like she was dangerously close to knocking it over.
"No! Ginny! Ron and I agree with what you did." Hermione exclaimed. "After you told us about what happened the night we had you over for dinner we realized that he wasn't for you. I mean we love Harry and we know he loves you and you love him, but…it didn't seem like he was putting anything into your relationship," she said. Hermione sighed loudly and continued. "We just felt bad for you because he was always canceling."
Ginny stared at Hermione. Hermione Granger, one of Harry's best friends, just took her side. And her brother, Harry's other best friend, was on her side as well. Ginny never thought she would see the day.
"Wow…well thanks" Ginny said a little speechless.
"Aunt Gin" Rosie said from next to her. Ginny turned her head and attention to the little girl. "I think Uncle Harry's a butt head for not wanting to spend time with you" she said.
It was the cutest thing Ginny had ever heard a 5 year old say. She laughed and kissed Rosie's head. "Thanks Rosie" she said smiling down at the girl.
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The next day at work wasn't as stressful. Sure people still had work to do to meet the deadline in two weeks, but it wasn't anything like yesterday.
It was early in the morning and Draco just walked into his office and started getting ready for the days work when Ginny walked in.
"I have an idea for the July issue," she told him getting right to the point.
Draco was about to ask her what it was when Timothy walked in. He was here for the follow up of yesterdays meeting. Him and Draco still had some financial matters to discuss and Draco had to sign some papers.
"I would love to hear the idea, but I have a meeting to get to right now. How 'bout later…like lunch?" Draco asked.
Ginny nodded her head. "Sounds good," she said then made her way out the door.
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It was later that day when Draco knocked on Ginny's office door.
"I was thinking we could grab some lunch while you tell me your idea" he told her.
Sure it was just an excuse for him to pretend they were on a date when all they were doing was talking business, but a man could dream couldn't he.
Ginny nodded and stood up from her desk. "Sounds fine with me…I'm starving anyway"
When Draco made the offer Ginny's insides flooded with excited butterflies. Yes, they were going out to talk about business, but they were going out together. Together to a place to eat. She could pretend it was a date.
They got into the elevator and walked out of the building in a comfortable silence; just enjoying the calmness they brought each other.
"Where to?" Ginny asked once outside. She looked up at Draco waiting for her answer. It was a beautiful May day and the sun's rays hit his face making him glow. He looked absolutely beautiful.
"The Leaky Cauldron?" Draco asked looking down at her. Her hair looked like it was on fire the way the sun was hitting it. She looked like an angel.
"Sounds good" Ginny said and she made her way to The Leaky Cauldron with Draco beside her.
They walked in and found it to be somewhat crowded. Obviously they weren't the only one's who thought about going out for lunch. They found a table in the back and sat down across from each other. A waiter came over right away and took their food order.
"So what's your idea for the July issue?" Draco asked crossing his arms on the table.
"Couples" Ginny simply said.
Draco raised an eyebrow. "Couples? I don't know," he said warily.
"Come on Malfoy! My flat looks down on a park and there were at least 5 couples walking around last night," Ginny told him. All she got was a shake of the head and an arch of the eyebrow again. "Look around here!" she moved her hand about "look how many couples there are here"
Draco looked around and sure enough there were couples at every table. They were eating, talking, and kissing from time to time.
Draco sighed and looked back at her. "Fine…now that you put it that way," he said.
The waiter came back with their food and drinks and placed it in front of them.
"July's issue will be the couple's issues" Draco said picking up his fork and sticking it in his food.
Ginny let out a little squeal. "I knew you would like it…I am a genius!" she said happily.
Draco chuckled and shook his head. "I wouldn't flatter yourself Weasley. I almost rejected the idea," he said then put some food in his mouth.
"Yes…but you didn't!" Ginny said matter-of-factly pointing her fork at him. "ergo…genius!" she said enthusiastically.
Again Draco chuckled and shook his head. "Whatever Weasley!"
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Ginny was in her office the next day getting the clothes ready for the model. She was gathering the belts and grabbing the dress cloaks when Luna burst into her office.
"Ginny, Anna just canceled…she had to leave early for her modeling trip to Paris" Luna said urgently.
Ginny's eyes widen "No…tell me you're joking!" she said. Luna shook her head her blond hair falling out of her loose bun. "Is there anyone else?" Ginny asked desperately. Again Luna shook her head. Ginny looked at the pile of clothes and took out a shirt. It was a small, the same size she was. Then she took out a pair of pants. A size 4, her size. "All right…I'll do it," she said putting the clothes back on the pile and picking it up.
"Your gonna do it?" Luna asked shocked.
"Yeah…I modeled when I was in New York and the clothes are my size so why not?" Ginny asked making her way down to the studio.
"Okay!" Luna said then walked to her desk.
Ginny walked into the studio and was immediately met by Colin.
"Gin…Anna canceled and we have no one for the shoot," he said hurriedly following Ginny as she made her way into the dressing room.
"That's not true…I'm gonna do it. The clothes are my size anyway," Ginny said. She walked into the dressing room, closed and locked the door. A few minutes later she stepped out.
She was in a white tank top and washed out jeans with a big hole in the right knee and a small hole in the left. The bottoms were shredded and there was a small hole in the pocket on the butt. With the jeans she had a thin light suede belt that was only for decoration and around her neck was a tie that had alternating horizontal stripes of cream and light blue. On her ears were drop earrings and on one wrist was a tan wrist cuff and on the other was a simple silver bracelet. And she wore white kitten heels on her feet. She looked all punk rockerish.
Hair and makeup stylist then suddenly took her.
"So Miss Weasley what are we doing to you today?" one of the stylist asked.
"Light foundation, clear gloss, gold eye shadow and some black eyeliner and for my hair just put it up in a high loose pony" Ginny told the women.
The women nodded and got to work, along with another girl, on Ginny's makeup and hair. 5 minutes later Ginny was ready. She got up and walked over to the backdrop.
Colin was over there as well getting the camera ready. Ginny walked over but was stopped when Draco came in calling for her.
"Weasley!"
Ginny took a detour and walked over to Draco. "What's up?" she asked as she pushed a trendel of fallen hair out of her eyes with her pointer finger.
Draco eyed her up and down with an arched eyebrow. "You didn't wear that to work did you?" he asked
Ginny looked down at herself. "No" she said
"Oh!" Draco replied nodding. "What are you wearing by the way?" he asked motioning his hands up and down as to ask what her pants were.
Again Ginny looked down at her outfit. "Jeans" she said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. Well it kinda was.
"Why is it all ripped and holey" Draco asked.
"That's the style," Ginny told him. "Anyway what-"
"Gin come on!" Colin yelled.
Ginny sighed and ran over to the backdrop. Colin started telling her how to pose and it was starting to get on her nerves. "Wait!" she exclaimed. "If I'm gonna do this…I'm gonna do this right!" she said. She walked out leaving some very confused people. She came back a few minutes later carrying her CD player and her holder of CDs. She put the player down and put in a CD. Punk rock filled the room and Ginny got back to her spot. "We're gonna do this the New York way" she said then started dancing to the music and singing along with it.
Colin shot picture after picture. He got some great shots.
Draco watched Ginny the entire time. Outfit after outfit he watched her model. Song after song we watched her dance to. A smile was on his face the entire time and he couldn't stop laughing and cat calling at her. It would make her blush and she looked so beautiful when she blushed.
Ginny's last outfit was a dark green sundress with no shoes and some gold jewelry. She started twirling around in it laughing.
Draco couldn't help but get caught up in the fun everyone was having. On an impulse he walked up to Ginny and wrapped his arms around her tiny waist. He picked her up and spun her around making her go into a fit of giggles. Draco started laughing to. He couldn't help but notice how perfect she fit into his arms. It was like she was made for him.
Ginny couldn't help but feel safe in his arms. She also couldn't help but notice how perfect she fit into him.
Draco set her down and looked down at her. Now he just realized what he did. "Sorry" he mumbled then walked away and out of the studio.
Now Draco had no idea why he did that. The action just took over and he picked her up and swung her around. Just for no reason. He had no idea what was happening to him, but to be perfectly honest with himself he didn't whatever it was to stop.
Ginny finished up her photo shoot. She changed back into the clothes she wore to work and walked back to her office. She couldn't get Draco's action out of her head. She wasn't mad about it. On the contrary, she was very pleased with what he'd done. She just couldn't help but remember how perfect she felt in his arms. She walked into her office without looking into Draco's and sat at her desk. She fell back into her chair and looked out her window deep in thought.
A/N: Well that was a difficult chapter to write. I knew what I wanted to happen I just didn't know how to put it in words. So I hope you like it and please review…you know how I love those! I AM GOING TO CAPE MAY AT THE END OF THIS WEEK SO YOU WON'T GET ANOTHER CHAPTER FOR ANOTHER 2 WEEKS! BUT DON'T WORRY I'LL WORK ON THE UNEXPECTED!
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